There have been a few boards released recently to compete with the Raspberry Pi. The latest is the new BeagleBone Black from Texas Instruments. The BBB has a 1GHz ARM A8 processor, 2GB onboard storage, 512MB RAM and a bunch…
Category: GPIO boards
Freetronics teases USB LiPo charger
Here’s an interesting bit of advance news. Freetronics has just announced a new product, available soon, that will enable you to charge a 3.7.v lipo cell from a USB port via a micro USB port. Interesting… perhaps this could be…
Adding an audio amplifier to your #RaspberryPi
Conor O’Neill needed to increase the volume level from the Raspberry Pi so that he could hear media being played whilst exercising. So he experimented with various circuits and eventually came up with something that worked. Read more here
BrickPi – mash a #RaspberryPi with LEGO Mindstorms
Here’s a new project to easily turn a Raspberry Pi into a controller for motors and sensors using the LEGO Mindstorms platform. You have to browse around their site a bit, and you do have to source your own circuit…
Tandy Multiface Board for #RaspberryPi is Gertboard-compatible
Tandy have developed a new expansion board for the Raspberry Pi. Very similar to the Gertboard, but with added features, the Multiface board is compatible with both common libraries used to communicate with the Gertboard. Alex Eames at RasPi.TV has…
A tiny Arduino board for the #RaspberryPi
David Whale has done a tutorial on creating a very cheap Arduino clone that you could use with your Raspberry Pi for doing things like analog inputs, or anything else you can find in an Arduino book. Read more here
#RaspberryPi GPIO reference keyring
This is a great idea. A keyring-sized slip-on guide to the GPIO. I’ve asked the inventor about making it double-sided with the alternate functions such as TX, RX etc, so it’ll be interesting to see how useful he can…
Maplin stocks GPIO Board with Terminal Block For #RaspberryPi
Maplin is now stocking (online only, I think) a nifty little GPIO breakout board with push terminals. They say that it’s similar to the Pi Cobbler (which looks-wise it isn’t but functionality wise, I suppose it is… a bit). The…
Dr Monk reviews the Quick2Wire I2C Analog board for the #RaspberryPi
Simon Monk has written an excellent, balanced review of the Quick2Wire combo and analog boards. He goes through the steps required to run a small test and sums up his likes and dislikes at the bottom of the post. Definitely…
Dealing with issues with the Adafruit I2C libraries on the #RaspberryPi
Blogger “Static” has been writing about his issues with the Adafruit I2C library, in particular reading sensors such as the BMP085. Apparently the newest version has been changed enough that it can produce random readings. He has got a modified…